By TAPINTO STAFF
Robert Figueroa
Robert Figueroa
Miguel Angel Otero Journet
Miguel Angel Otero Journet
Credits: Somerset County Prosecutor s Office
Axel Rafael Colon Merly
Axel Rafael Colon Merly
Credits: Somerset County Prosecutor s Office
By TAPINTO STAFF
March 3, 2021 at 1:51 PM
BRANCHBURG, NJ – Police arrested three men and seized an AR-15 assault weapon and fully-loaded magazine following a road rage incident Feb. 28, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.
Arrested were Robert Figueroa, 19, of Whitehall, Pa., Axel Rafael Colon Merly, 18, of Allentown, Pa., and Miguel Angel Otero Journet, 19, of Bear, Del.
Robertson provided the following account:
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From left: Axel Rafael Colon Merly, 18, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Miguel
Angel Otero Journet, 19, of Bear, Delaware, and Robert Figueroa, 19 of Whitehall,
Pennsylvania. (Courtesy of Somerset County Prosecutor s Office)
BRANCHBURG, NJ Three men were charged in connection with a road rage incident where an assault rifle was pointed at another driver.
Robert Figueroa, 19 of Whitehall, Pennsylvania, Axel Rafael Colon Merly, 18 of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Miguel Angel Otero Journet, 19 of Bear, Delaware were all charged, announced Somerset County Prosecutor Michael Robertson, Chief of County Detectives John Fodor and Readington Township Chief of Police Joseph Greco.
On Sunday, Feb. 28 at around 4 p.m. police were notified about a car driving north into Branchburg that was involved in a road rage incident on Route 202 in Readington Township where a weapon was allegedly pointed at another driver, said Robertson.
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MONTGOMERY, NJ Authorities are investigating an alleged bias incident in Montgomery.
On Feb. 9 sometime between 10:50 and 11:05 a.m., a Montgomery resident said he was walking his dog in the area of Southern Hills Drive when he was approached by an Asian man driving a blue/gray Hyundai Genesis with a temporary NJ registration, said Montgomery Township Police.
The driver of the car stopped, rolled down the window, and yelled at the resident referencing the resident s race and heritage, said police.
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As a result of the report, the Somerset County Prosecutor Michael Robertson, Somerset County Chief of Detectives John Fodor and Montgomery Police Captain Jim Gill are investigating.
North Bergen man sought to have sex with undercover detective who posed as 14-year-old
Dave Adamovic. Photo courtesy of the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Beginning in October of 2020, as part of a joint initiative conducted by the FBI and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit, Dave Adamovic, 48, of North Bergen, began chatting on various application platforms with an undercover detective whom he believed to be 14 years old, Robertson said in a statement.
Adamovic’s chats became sexual in nature and throughout the course of the investigation made arrangements to travel to meet the undercover detective to engage in sexual intercourse.
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Weapons, thousands of dollars worth of various drugs and six puppies in deplorable conditions were seized from a Central Jersey trio, authorities said Wednesday.
Authorities applied for a search warrant at a Somerset Street home in North Plainfield on reports of a distribution ring last month, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said.
Sherwin S. Newland, 21, Jamal Honorat, 18, and Rosemary Solares, 19, all of North Plainfield, were inside of the home when police executed the warrant, and subsequently arrested, Robertson said alongside Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and North Plainfield Police Chief William Parenti
A search of the home turned up the following: